Bloomberg News
Republicans Coax Trump to Scrap U.S. Ship Waiver Plan for Gas
• Lawmakers from shipbuilding Gulf Coast states meet with Trump
• White House weighing waivers to facilitate natural gas flows
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter
President Donald Trump pledged he wouldn’t waive...
Tri-State Livestock News
NCBA Welcomes Legislation Aimed to Help Livestock Haulers
News
NCBA Welcomes Legislation That Helps Livestock Haulers with Federal Hours of Service Reforms The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today welcomed the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Senate aimed at...
Ag Daily
Senators propose change to service hours for livestock haulers
By AGDAILY Reporters
Today, Sens. Ben Sasse (R-NE) and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bipartisan bill to provide livestock haulers with regulatory relief from the restrictive Hours-of-Service rules. The bill, the Transporting...
Monroe Journal
Rainfall events pose setback to waterway dredge completion date
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith saw remnants of the late February flooding event on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway first-hand during an April 23 briefing at the Aberdeen Lock and Dam. One of the...
Marine Link
U.S. Dredgers Applaud President for Jones Act Support
Wednesday, 1 May: Late this afternoon, President Donald Trump met with Congressional leaders from the Senate and House to discuss U.S. Maritime Policy. On the table was the Jones Act. President Trump assured the Congressional...
Natchez Democrat
Study of city’s broadband internet capabilities underway
By Sabrina Robertson
NATCHEZ — Smart Growth America researchers from Washington, D.C., may have the answer on how to revitalize Natchez and Adams County — faster internet speeds.
Boosting internet speeds would improve the...
Hattiesburg American
'A lot of lives have been changed: The judge behind drug court, reentry program
By Lici Beveridge
U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett has been a trailblazer most of his judicial career without even trying.
He started the state's first drug court in 1999. He also instituted...
AgNet West
Legislation to Bring Cell-Cultured Meat Products Under USDA Jurisdiction
AGRI-BUSINESS
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith recently introduced legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the responsibility of regulating, inspecting, and labeling cell-cultured meat...
WNAX-Radio
Cattle Group Backs Cell Cultured Regulatory Legislation
Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has introduced the Cell Cultured Meat and Poultry Regulation Act of 2019. It codifies the responsibilities of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and Food and Drug Administration over...
HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR LIVESTOCK HAULERS LEGISLATION
Bill Would Ease Burdensome Federal Regs on Haulers, Set More Flexible Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has renewed her support for legislation to ease federal hours of service (HOS) and electronic logging device (ELD) regulations imposed on haulers of livestock and insects.
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act (S.1255), which was reintroduced by...
